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michael beschloss is our guest. >> caller: yes, thank you. i've looked into these situations regarding franklin roosevelt and abraham lincoln. with some disdain. mr. roosevelt wasn't directly responsible for the death of 300,000 americans in world war ii, and mr. lincoln was directly responsible for the death of 6000 americans during his administration. i don't think of them as great men in this respect. [inaudible] an amendment was offered by congress by the president regarding slavery. >> guest: meaning you can? >> caller: hello? >> do you mean buchanan? >> caller: i understand it was president lincoln that signed it. march 2, 1861. and this was the amendment. quote, now and then it shall be made to the constitution which shall authorize or give the congress the power to abolish or anything with any state, that the domestic institutions there, including persons held for service under the laws of such state, end quote. would you speak to that? >> guest: sugared there was a lot of movement before the week before lin
michael beschloss is our guest. >> caller: yes, thank you. i've looked into these situations regarding franklin roosevelt and abraham lincoln. with some disdain. mr. roosevelt wasn't directly responsible for the death of 300,000 americans in world war ii, and mr. lincoln was directly responsible for the death of 6000 americans during his administration. i don't think of them as great men in this respect. [inaudible] an amendment was offered by congress by the president regarding slavery....
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the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, michael a. shipp michael a. shipp of new jersey to be united states district judge. mr. leahy: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion be withdrawn and that there be time equally divided between now and the hour of 5:30 for debate by the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of time the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate of the nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and no further motions be in order, that any related statements be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: now, mr. president would it always be that easy. i thank the distinguished
the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, michael a. shipp michael a. shipp of new jersey to be united states district judge. mr. leahy: i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion be withdrawn and that there be time equally divided between now and the hour of 5:30 for debate by the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of time the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate of the nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no...
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michael shea clerked for judge buckley in 1993 and 1994. i will say that judge buckley sent our advisory committee and i believe the judiciary committee and senator blumenthal and me a very thoughtful, positive, personal letter of recommendation on mr. shea's behalf. after concluding his clerkship, michael shea joined the firm of clery, got leeb, stein and hamilton as an associate where he stayed for four years working on both criminal and civil cases and for a period of time was dispatched to the brussels, belgium office of the firm working on an antitrust investigation but much more significant than his legal work, there in brussels he met his wife, frederique and they have three wonderful children. since 1998 michael shea has been a partner at day-pitney l.l.p. where his trial and practice has included trials and appeals in personal injury and criminal and other cases. he's the chair of the appellate practice group. we found in talking to lawyers and judges around connecticut on a state and federal bench that michael shea is quite simply
michael shea clerked for judge buckley in 1993 and 1994. i will say that judge buckley sent our advisory committee and i believe the judiciary committee and senator blumenthal and me a very thoughtful, positive, personal letter of recommendation on mr. shea's behalf. after concluding his clerkship, michael shea joined the firm of clery, got leeb, stein and hamilton as an associate where he stayed for four years working on both criminal and civil cases and for a period of time was dispatched to...
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we are going to begin today with michael barone who will tell us what happened and why. all of us on this panel has made election predictions over the course of election watching. sometimes we get it right, sometimes we get it wrong. in news "washington examiner" column yesterday michael said flatly, i was wrong but he followed up with the line, i take some pleasure in finding that i have been wrong because it is an opportunity to learn more. i think we all share that sentiment. after michael speaks we will turn to henry olsen to talk about what defeat means for the republican party or the firing squad is assembled and recrimination phase has begun. from the washington times that this morning in an editorial that chris christie should be excommunicated. [laughter] and jenny beth martin had at the tea party paychecks had this to say about romney. he who hagee was weak, moderate and it does not work she said. it's time to find someone for next time who embraces our values. henry will tell us what lessons the party should learn from this election and henry by the way called
we are going to begin today with michael barone who will tell us what happened and why. all of us on this panel has made election predictions over the course of election watching. sometimes we get it right, sometimes we get it wrong. in news "washington examiner" column yesterday michael said flatly, i was wrong but he followed up with the line, i take some pleasure in finding that i have been wrong because it is an opportunity to learn more. i think we all share that sentiment. after...
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qualification than michael and lloyd combined. [applause] [applause] . . qualified to be present at the united states because as you have said that has happened too often in the past. that tragedy should occur we have to step in without any margin for error, enough time for preparation to take over the responsibilities for the biggest job in the world, that of running this great country of ours, to take over the awesome responsibility for commanding the nuclear weaponry that this country has. the debate tonight is a debate about a presidential decision that has to be made by you. the stakes could not be higher. >> moderator: senator bentsen question for you and you have two minutes to respond. what bothers people was not so much for qualification, but your split on policy with governor dukakis. he has said that he does not want to clone himself, but you disagree with him on some major issues, a that the in nicaragua conference, did the death penalty, gun-control among others. if you had to step into the presidency, whose agenda would you pursue, yours or h
qualification than michael and lloyd combined. [applause] [applause] . . qualified to be present at the united states because as you have said that has happened too often in the past. that tragedy should occur we have to step in without any margin for error, enough time for preparation to take over the responsibilities for the biggest job in the world, that of running this great country of ours, to take over the awesome responsibility for commanding the nuclear weaponry that this country has....
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michael? >> thank you very much, harold. glad again to be back to discuss some of these issues. my assignment this afternoon is to give you an overview of the policy approach of the administration. to missile defense, that led to the publication of the ballistic missile defense review report in early 2010, light advocated what it did, and what am awful bit about what has happened since. and my colleagues provide a lot of detail on the technological issues, pros and cons of the systems. i was tempted to spend a little time getting a background about the subject, but harold basically said don't do that. just to say that there has always been, well, there has been a debate for decades about the wisdom of missile defense, putting aside feasibility. in the most simple terms, if you and i both had missiles, offense of missiles, that could destroy each other. and each of us was confident our missiles could get through, even if we were struck first, they would have some sort of condition of strategic
michael? >> thank you very much, harold. glad again to be back to discuss some of these issues. my assignment this afternoon is to give you an overview of the policy approach of the administration. to missile defense, that led to the publication of the ballistic missile defense review report in early 2010, light advocated what it did, and what am awful bit about what has happened since. and my colleagues provide a lot of detail on the technological issues, pros and cons of the systems. i...
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michael on. you are on. >> good morning. back in november of 2011 our chicago tribune, which is the major paper around here had an expos a on who makes up 01%. these top wage earners. and -- the doctor class. and i hear you guys talk about all this nonsense. every excuse under the sun to avoid dealing with the fact that the medical community makes money way out of proportion to what the rest of us are earning. my wages have been going down over my working career. i actually peaked in 1987. that is when i had my best year in terms of adjusted real dollars and buying power. >> , respectively you are a doctor. i give you a chance to respond. >> my and, probably peaked earlier than his and danforth the transition downward. why do we do this? one of the things the president did when he was arguing. why vilify the very class of people that you are going to need to appeal to mike if you're going to transform health care of me tell you something straight up. access to health care plan does that mean access to health care. double the
michael on. you are on. >> good morning. back in november of 2011 our chicago tribune, which is the major paper around here had an expos a on who makes up 01%. these top wage earners. and -- the doctor class. and i hear you guys talk about all this nonsense. every excuse under the sun to avoid dealing with the fact that the medical community makes money way out of proportion to what the rest of us are earning. my wages have been going down over my working career. i actually peaked in...
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michael and alan just published this book. and they are -- they have been the beneficiaries of the highest -- the most august stamp of approval in washington these days which is to have been on jon stewart's daily show this week so congratulations. they both spent 20 years in democratic candidates running state and national campaigns. they are partners in the research firm that focuses on such opposition work. michael has worked as a journalist in texas and mississippi. a director of communications and political advisor for the office of mayor for the city of jackson and even a political advisor to the attorney general of mississippi. alan has worked as a farmer in the bio here and that oftencologist up at washington's think tank events and people are often -- that's interesting. a farmer, a newspaper reporter and aide to the mississippi attorney general and a mississippi governor. we're really pleased to have you both. michael and alan are going to give a short presentation and then we're going to continue the conversation. t
michael and alan just published this book. and they are -- they have been the beneficiaries of the highest -- the most august stamp of approval in washington these days which is to have been on jon stewart's daily show this week so congratulations. they both spent 20 years in democratic candidates running state and national campaigns. they are partners in the research firm that focuses on such opposition work. michael has worked as a journalist in texas and mississippi. a director of...
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blane michael, who served on the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit for a number of years. with his passing, we were, therefore, left with a great void not only on the federal judiciary, but also in the hearts of the family and his many friends. so it is with a profound sense of obligation to the people of west virginia and america that i set out to find a nominee to fill his vacancy. my duty to provide advice and consent took on to me additional significance. in west virginia, we are fortunate to have many talented and worthy lawyers who are capable of serving and who are willing to serve on the federal bench. but the nominee before the senate today, stephanie dawn thacker, completely stood out to me and in turn to president obama, as somebody who is uniquely qualified to carry on in her own way judge michael's legacy of independence, humility, intellectual honesty as a federal judge. there is no question that stephanie thacker has reached the heights of the legal profession both as an award-winning public serv
blane michael, who served on the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit for a number of years. with his passing, we were, therefore, left with a great void not only on the federal judiciary, but also in the hearts of the family and his many friends. so it is with a profound sense of obligation to the people of west virginia and america that i set out to find a nominee to fill his vacancy. my duty to provide advice and consent took on to me additional significance. in west virginia, we are...
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my question is for michael, but obviously for the other panelists as well. many, myself included, have been critical of the polling has taken place, most cases, not all, throughout this campaign season. and my criticism is, one of the things that happens in almost every poll is there waited and they are weighted based on democrats, republican, and it's my impression, especially when i look at the meat of the polls where they can explain the sampled is that there's an over waiting democratic voters this cycle based pretty much on previous races that may not be applicable. i'd like your comments spent well, karlyn has written and talked about this at some length. you know, basic point techniques were developed in a country which from the mid '60s to mid-2000 was a country with universal phone land lines and a population that answered the phone when it rang. [laughter] we no longer live in such a country. the pew research center reports that only 9% of calls initiate result in a completed interview. are those 9% representative of the larger voting public? we ho
my question is for michael, but obviously for the other panelists as well. many, myself included, have been critical of the polling has taken place, most cases, not all, throughout this campaign season. and my criticism is, one of the things that happens in almost every poll is there waited and they are weighted based on democrats, republican, and it's my impression, especially when i look at the meat of the polls where they can explain the sampled is that there's an over waiting democratic...
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thanks to michael, e lan and barbara. although, elan, i wish you hadn't remarked i was out here two weeks ago in many light of mr. gray's comment, last panel that the dc circuit is woefully underworked. [laughter] so good morning. for those of us who are familiar with gatherings of the federalist society, this is the obligatory panel on the part of the constitution that seems to be of the greatest interest to federalist society event organizers everywhere, at least when a conservative administration is in power. those three enigmatic and inviting words in the constitution, quote: the executive power, closed quote. as the moderator of this distinguished panel, i plan on being seen more than heard, but i do feel obliged to answer a question i know that my colleague and friend judge silverman would want me to answer before going further. what are you doing on a panel about the executive power? you see, my colleagues on the d.c. circuit for whom i have boundless admiration make two assumptions about me, neither of which is co
thanks to michael, e lan and barbara. although, elan, i wish you hadn't remarked i was out here two weeks ago in many light of mr. gray's comment, last panel that the dc circuit is woefully underworked. [laughter] so good morning. for those of us who are familiar with gatherings of the federalist society, this is the obligatory panel on the part of the constitution that seems to be of the greatest interest to federalist society event organizers everywhere, at least when a conservative...
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michael is a true pain and outer from the academic world of washington policymaking and he was at the creation enemy to 90. he was secretary for tax dollars via treasury and had a key role to play in tax policy during that period. and finally, killjoys who is a college in the academic world.university of maryland, a senior budget or at naxal school and former cbo staffer, but most notably recently he did the first authoritative book on the congressional budget office. hard to believe an institution like that was around for that long and has never been written about to work on cbo among other things. he's also the editor of a major journal public budget and finance. so that's our lineup for today and i thought it but everybody just take a broad take on the questions of what can we learn from the 1990 budget agreement that we all acknowledge is a policy success, even though maybe we didn't realize at the time. we learned president bush didn't quite get the budget he deserved. what can we learn today? >> first of all, but we say we and the media world have had or if you are spreading for
michael is a true pain and outer from the academic world of washington policymaking and he was at the creation enemy to 90. he was secretary for tax dollars via treasury and had a key role to play in tax policy during that period. and finally, killjoys who is a college in the academic world.university of maryland, a senior budget or at naxal school and former cbo staffer, but most notably recently he did the first authoritative book on the congressional budget office. hard to believe an...
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michael? >> the exit poll consortium massages the data that initially comes in and we noticed with the exit poll both because of interview bias but also responded that it tends to attract more democrats and the 2008 democratic primary attract more obama voters in hillary clinton voters. learning is a cumulative for the people that work on this every two and four years have learned something i was working with in the michigan in the head of the fox decision desk and they were over in rockefeller center spending about four hours in the afternoon basically. they got the data adjusted for the response and down to a 49-49 top line that is an 1% of the vote for each candidate and unlike the past years in 2000 for some of the state exit polls were not way out of whack with what the report turned out to be. in fact they turned out to be pretty close. .. if you take that as an impression nistic thing. the hispanic number did go up to 10% this time, i think. we'll see. there's the category when they ask
michael? >> the exit poll consortium massages the data that initially comes in and we noticed with the exit poll both because of interview bias but also responded that it tends to attract more democrats and the 2008 democratic primary attract more obama voters in hillary clinton voters. learning is a cumulative for the people that work on this every two and four years have learned something i was working with in the michigan in the head of the fox decision desk and they were over in...
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and michael, who has notng to say about education. so in education there is a choice of two futures. education for the narrow elite with the conservative and one nation still system as part of a one nation economy with the next labor government. [applause] to be a one nation economy, we have to make life just that easier for the producers and that much harder for the producers. i think people know what i'm talking about. [applause] the businesses tell me the pressure for the investors can have their own view. they want to plan one year, two years, ten years ahead but have to publish their accounts every three months in line with the wishes of the best of the business. we will end that and the companies can take a long-term productive view for the country. [applause] companies are far more easily bought and sold than in any other country. the hedge funds and the speculators can jump in for a quick profit. they are not acting in the interest of some or the nation. they are just in it. you will change it coming in here is the thing, ladi
and michael, who has notng to say about education. so in education there is a choice of two futures. education for the narrow elite with the conservative and one nation still system as part of a one nation economy with the next labor government. [applause] to be a one nation economy, we have to make life just that easier for the producers and that much harder for the producers. i think people know what i'm talking about. [applause] the businesses tell me the pressure for the investors can have...
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michael porter, who's here with us and just, michael, wave so they know who you are. we're all, you know, not very diverse. [laughter] so michael is a very distinguished professor from harvard business school; he has his own followers, acolytes. when i worked in the senate in the 1990s, jeff bingaman and i and our whole staff were rivetted to much of michael's work and guidance at the time. we were just talking in the green room that had we listened on some of the issues we were talking back then, the united states might not be in the same position. to michael's left we have very good friend robert kimmitt. bob kimmitt was, i thought, the smart guy who would have evolved if mitt romney had come in. we might have seen him as national security adviser, as secretary of the treasury. of course, he was deputy secretary of treasury during president bush. he also happened to be a senior foreign policy player, was our ambassador to germany, and is one of the very few people who synthesizes the economic and the national security in such a holistic way. his dad was a famous dem
michael porter, who's here with us and just, michael, wave so they know who you are. we're all, you know, not very diverse. [laughter] so michael is a very distinguished professor from harvard business school; he has his own followers, acolytes. when i worked in the senate in the 1990s, jeff bingaman and i and our whole staff were rivetted to much of michael's work and guidance at the time. we were just talking in the green room that had we listened on some of the issues we were talking back...
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with that i will get out of the way and i'll introduce our first speaker, michael adler. michael? >> good morning and thank you all for coming. >> would you please speak from the podium? >> oh, really? good morning. when i first was asked, the topic here today is can diplomacy work. when i was first asked to do this which was before the meeting of prime minister netanyahu and president obama in washington, and they've asked me to defend the concept of diplomacy could work, i thought this would be a very thankless task. but it is amazing how much things have changed over the past month, in the month of march. and the first development was that the rush to war which seems to be accelerating, ground to a halt. not a screeching halt but a healthy way. there's still some screeching about war. when netanyahu met obama. and what happened there is the president, both gave a kind of statement the united states would eventually use force if necessary, but also said there still was time for diplomacy. and the israelis have reluctantly come aboard with that, and the day after the meeting of -
with that i will get out of the way and i'll introduce our first speaker, michael adler. michael? >> good morning and thank you all for coming. >> would you please speak from the podium? >> oh, really? good morning. when i first was asked, the topic here today is can diplomacy work. when i was first asked to do this which was before the meeting of prime minister netanyahu and president obama in washington, and they've asked me to defend the concept of diplomacy could work, i...
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but michael jordan still made many times more than any of them did. this is a point president john kennedy made when he talked about reducing the tax rates in the country on business, on capital gains, so that businesses could create more wealth, so that they could do, what? they could grow and hire more people. he said a rising tide lifts all boats. if the economy is doing well, if we have wealthy people who are doing well, we have less wealthy people who will also do better. and that's what america has always been about. we don't take it away from the person who makes a lot of money. maybe it is because they're lucky with the god-given talent they have or their good lux and their actin acting -- good lookd acting ability, whatever it is. they generate activity that creates wealth for others as well. they also create products or services or evenenttainment that we enjoy. so many americans don't look askance at these people. we celebrate them and are happy for their success. frequently it helps us, too. besides which they pay a lot of taxes. those peo
but michael jordan still made many times more than any of them did. this is a point president john kennedy made when he talked about reducing the tax rates in the country on business, on capital gains, so that businesses could create more wealth, so that they could do, what? they could grow and hire more people. he said a rising tide lifts all boats. if the economy is doing well, if we have wealthy people who are doing well, we have less wealthy people who will also do better. and that's what...
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and, finally, let me mention this was michael just mention. it's a very technical subject, all the technicalities aside, the fact, the realities as michael said, this distributes in the various forms about a billion dollars a year in inner-city. i think there are four essential points that you can take from this experience. number one, the 501(c)(3) is run as a real business, real business metrics. seems to me that could be applied to the public sector. number two, the projects, thereby develop intimate lead and not let from washington or list or from anyplace else. but i think that's another example of what could be done in the public sector. third, a lot of it depends on long-term housing tax credit which means in the introductions public funds are being used but they are combined with the private sector expertise. more accurately, private sector financial discipline. another lesson. and, finally, this provides technical assistance with respect to the projects and also with respect to these local neighborhood institutions that he felt the pr
and, finally, let me mention this was michael just mention. it's a very technical subject, all the technicalities aside, the fact, the realities as michael said, this distributes in the various forms about a billion dollars a year in inner-city. i think there are four essential points that you can take from this experience. number one, the 501(c)(3) is run as a real business, real business metrics. seems to me that could be applied to the public sector. number two, the projects, thereby develop...
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but michael is right. charters serve about 5% of the kids in the country right now that are in public schools, and the percentage of for-profit operators that have a piece of that share is tiny. it's less than 1% of the total kids in the country. and a big percentage of those are in these virtual schools. so whether it's because there are more frictionless and scale faster, or they are doing the kind of thing that michael would talk about, competing head-to-head with nonconsumption rather than with things that we look at in brick-and-mortar schools that are more familiar to us than public sector, as public sector institutions, the virtual schools have a tiny percentage of students that they serve but are growing much, much faster and attracting capital at much faster rates than the more traditional whole school brick and mortar for profit school models. >> but really one quick point later to the next question, which is the other challenge by the way is to the extent that they are releasing data, making it
but michael is right. charters serve about 5% of the kids in the country right now that are in public schools, and the percentage of for-profit operators that have a piece of that share is tiny. it's less than 1% of the total kids in the country. and a big percentage of those are in these virtual schools. so whether it's because there are more frictionless and scale faster, or they are doing the kind of thing that michael would talk about, competing head-to-head with nonconsumption rather than...
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my name again is michael hardy. i'm general counsel to the national action network, and, of course, it is indeed an honor and privilege that i have, we say moderate hispanic, but, in fact, i will simply be introducing the panelists. each of them will make a brief statement, probably no more than five minutes. since we are a little tight on time, of course. but the reason why we want to do that, of course is we want to leave some time that may be afforded to us, for you to have an opportunity to at least ask a question or two of his very distinguished and very practiced panel. that topic that we threw out to the panelists is the state of criminal justice in america. and, of course, that is a mouthful, but again we have practitioners here to intersect with the criminal justice system every day, and certainly within their remarks will be able to focus on a piece of that. but we know that we all strive for equality in the law and whether we're talking about trayvon martin, whether we're in the neighborhood dealing with
my name again is michael hardy. i'm general counsel to the national action network, and, of course, it is indeed an honor and privilege that i have, we say moderate hispanic, but, in fact, i will simply be introducing the panelists. each of them will make a brief statement, probably no more than five minutes. since we are a little tight on time, of course. but the reason why we want to do that, of course is we want to leave some time that may be afforded to us, for you to have an opportunity to...
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michael about the high vizzability program. any plans to study police recorded accident report to see if it was successful in reducing accidents? >> yes, we're going to try to do that at the next level, the statewide demonstrations. when we're working in small cities, syracuse and hartford, the population base was not large enough to get a good indication from police crash reports, but we hope to be able to get that when we go statewide. >> thank you. >> i'm interested in talking about young teens and their safety. mr. nelson mentioned peer pressure is a big factor, and i'm curious what things work in influencing your opinion, but i want you to add in what you might know about what does not work and as a close, i'm curious about whether you would suggest that distraction abstinence is the appropriate approach with teens or teach them how to manage distractions? >> well, i think what we talked about in terms of, you know, what role models mr. might be, and it's -- what role models there might be, it really starts with a trend wi
michael about the high vizzability program. any plans to study police recorded accident report to see if it was successful in reducing accidents? >> yes, we're going to try to do that at the next level, the statewide demonstrations. when we're working in small cities, syracuse and hartford, the population base was not large enough to get a good indication from police crash reports, but we hope to be able to get that when we go statewide. >> thank you. >> i'm interested in...
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with fox news channel political contributor michael. are call congress inside out columnist and aei national destructor henry olson. they'll exam the deciding factor how they cast their ballot and issues important to voters it's live beginning at 12:00 p.m. eastern. until then your calls and today headline from "washington journal." >> the election surfaces and this is what richard writes from the front page. house republican and senate democrats a new lease same leader who failed last year strike a deal on raising taxes, cutting spending, and reducing the budget deficit found themselves stuck with each other through 2014. they wasted no time staking out their position on the crisis 56 days away. which could raise the average us hod tax burden and the first $3 5. harry reid and move on to house speaker john boehner. >> they are tired of the partisan gridlocks and things like i have a one goal to feed obama. that's gone. obama was re-elected overwhelmingly. >> american people want us to work together. republicans want us to work together
with fox news channel political contributor michael. are call congress inside out columnist and aei national destructor henry olson. they'll exam the deciding factor how they cast their ballot and issues important to voters it's live beginning at 12:00 p.m. eastern. until then your calls and today headline from "washington journal." >> the election surfaces and this is what richard writes from the front page. house republican and senate democrats a new lease same leader who...
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the moderator again will be michael greenstone. finally we are deeply honored to conclude our program with remarks like the honorable arne duncan, secretary of the u.s. department of education. he will make his remarks, and then he will entertain questions from the floor. this is a truly remarkable program that will give all of us the opportunity to listen to and engage with important thought leaders in this absolutely critical area. for development elect rule concept for this area come and then to bring the program together, let me thank three people. michael greenstone, threats of the hamilton project, karen anderson, managing director of the hamilton project, and adam mooney, project and senior fellow brookings institute. let me also thank our enormously talented and hard-working staff, without which nothing that we do at the hamilton project would over. with that i thank you for being -- would occur. the pudding is yours. -- the podium is yours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> thank you everyone for joining us. i think the reas
the moderator again will be michael greenstone. finally we are deeply honored to conclude our program with remarks like the honorable arne duncan, secretary of the u.s. department of education. he will make his remarks, and then he will entertain questions from the floor. this is a truly remarkable program that will give all of us the opportunity to listen to and engage with important thought leaders in this absolutely critical area. for development elect rule concept for this area come and...
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[laughter] >> michael? >> i think in a sense we're definitely in a state of conflict with iran, and it's taking place with the sanctions, it's taking place through covert operations inside iran, it's taking place every pressure short of war. and not the defense sanctions, but the purpose of the sanctions is basically to get iran to talk. so you could see the talks that are coming up as one way in which sanctions have succeeded because the question with sanctions is they certainly are causing problems for iran. but the main question is, are they sufficient to get iran to strike a deal with us on the nuclear program? so i think the jury is still out on how this policy ends, and once again the fact that we're having these new talks which, um, justin referred to the difficulty of getting forward and getting real concessions. i think that the way at least the west is approaching it is they want to start very slow. and, um, there are actually two plans out there for the diplomacy. one is called the russian plan,
[laughter] >> michael? >> i think in a sense we're definitely in a state of conflict with iran, and it's taking place with the sanctions, it's taking place through covert operations inside iran, it's taking place every pressure short of war. and not the defense sanctions, but the purpose of the sanctions is basically to get iran to talk. so you could see the talks that are coming up as one way in which sanctions have succeeded because the question with sanctions is they certainly...
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former national security officials, including michael chertoff, michael mcconnell, paul wolfowitz, michael hayden, have written that the cyber threat is imminent and represents one of the most serious challenges to our national security since the onset of the nuclear age 60 years ago. they have urged us to protect the infrastructure that controls our electricity, water and sewer, nuclear plants, communications backbone, energy pipelines and financial networks with appropriate cybersecurity standards. similarly, in a letter to our colleague, senator john mccain, general keith alexander, the commander of u.s. cyber command and the director of the national security agency wrote -- "given d.o.d. re reliance on certain core critical infrastructure to execute its mission as well as the importance of the nation's critical infrastructure to our national and economic security overall, legislation is also needed to ensure that infrastructure is sufficiently hardened and resilient." mr. president, the threats to our infrastructure are not hypothetical. they are already occurring. for example, while m
former national security officials, including michael chertoff, michael mcconnell, paul wolfowitz, michael hayden, have written that the cyber threat is imminent and represents one of the most serious challenges to our national security since the onset of the nuclear age 60 years ago. they have urged us to protect the infrastructure that controls our electricity, water and sewer, nuclear plants, communications backbone, energy pipelines and financial networks with appropriate cybersecurity...
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you, michael. i'm a strategist with hattery labs in san fransisco. i'm also one of the co-founders and directors of engine advocacy as michael mentioned. the reason we're here in washington rather than san fransisco spending time to create companies that fuel the american economy this week is because the bills are dangerous to the long term health of our sector, a sector which, i'll remind you, created all the net job growth in america since 1980, high-tech entrepreneurial companies create jobs. .. not just cannot go down and other legal cesspool to be thought out in court and drag out to maybe one day come to fruition. sofa and table will cause great damage to the factory. we need to facilitate the ability for small businesses to thrive and flourish in america because talent is going overseas. we think programs in countries like chile, and the netherlands where they study programs called aster dam, and it sounds interesting but i'd rather people stay in america quite frankly. at a time when job gr
you, michael. i'm a strategist with hattery labs in san fransisco. i'm also one of the co-founders and directors of engine advocacy as michael mentioned. the reason we're here in washington rather than san fransisco spending time to create companies that fuel the american economy this week is because the bills are dangerous to the long term health of our sector, a sector which, i'll remind you, created all the net job growth in america since 1980, high-tech entrepreneurial companies create...
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the mod moderator is michael greene stone. the professor environmental economics at mit and the former chief economist of the cia. i said beginning it is a remarkable group of people. again, i'd like to make a couple of personal on vases. john was a committed republican but he also worked effectively across the aisle with both parties. and that is the spirit that we're going to need tboat accomplish tax reform and more generally to move forward on the issues of our country. i was in the clinton administration with a john. arguingly the chief of staff is the most difficult job in the government other than being the president. job was an outstanding chief of staff as well as a friend. he's been a major force of policy for founding the center of american progress and advising members of congress and the administration. i also had the opportunity to serve with alice. she was always an effective and thoughtful colleague, and has long been a major voice in what arguably is the country's most fundamental problem or policy challenge,
the mod moderator is michael greene stone. the professor environmental economics at mit and the former chief economist of the cia. i said beginning it is a remarkable group of people. again, i'd like to make a couple of personal on vases. john was a committed republican but he also worked effectively across the aisle with both parties. and that is the spirit that we're going to need tboat accomplish tax reform and more generally to move forward on the issues of our country. i was in the clinton...
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michael shipp is a magistrate judge in new jersey whose equipment to the rule of law and knowledge and long commitment to public service. patty shwartz is a well respected magistrate judge, has handled over 4,000 civil and criminal cases. both of these judges deserve immediate consideration. their qualifications will make them an exceptional addition to the federal bench in new jersey and i offer my strong support to both of them as we move forward in this process. i hope after tonight's vote where we expect this extraordinary candidate to be confirmed that we will get the opportunity to do so also for judge shipp and judge schwartz. with that i yield the floor and observe the absence of a quorum. or withhold that observation. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: just for an announcement. after the conclusion of these votes i'll be making what i think is a very significant announcement in terms of 34 -- 35, actually, members of this body who have stated they will oppose the law treaty, which means it would not -- able to be passed this session. so i'll be doing
michael shipp is a magistrate judge in new jersey whose equipment to the rule of law and knowledge and long commitment to public service. patty shwartz is a well respected magistrate judge, has handled over 4,000 civil and criminal cases. both of these judges deserve immediate consideration. their qualifications will make them an exceptional addition to the federal bench in new jersey and i offer my strong support to both of them as we move forward in this process. i hope after tonight's vote...
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michael roseman out and replaced mr. michael roseman with a yes man. does it look that way to you guys? mr. michael roseman, would you comment at all? you give them the permission they didn't like so they replaced you and put someone and that give them information that they like to back >> i have answered that question twice. in fairness i have to say i'm really not in a position to answer that. others made decisions for me. i would say some of my views would have played a part, a belief. >> mr. stockman. >> sir, i think as in my testimony noting that when i joined the firm doing deep analysis on sovereign positions in particular, i found the risks acceptable, and in particular so did the board and senior management in terms of finding those risks of acceptable. as market conditions changed in particular in july i expressed my views as it relates to wanting to recommend hedging strategies and bringing risk down. i would have to make a different -- the cs me, take exception to your characterization of a yes man. >> in your opinion that the margins, the
michael roseman out and replaced mr. michael roseman with a yes man. does it look that way to you guys? mr. michael roseman, would you comment at all? you give them the permission they didn't like so they replaced you and put someone and that give them information that they like to back >> i have answered that question twice. in fairness i have to say i'm really not in a position to answer that. others made decisions for me. i would say some of my views would have played a part, a belief....
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peterson foundation, michael peterson. [applause] >> while politics is often centerstage, policy and substance will form the basis of many fiscal agreement. we at the peterson foundation believe that the mortgages and the more solutions brought to the table, the better. out initial goal is to create a platform that fosters policy proposals from across the political spectrum. if we're going to put in place a plan that can work for the nation, we need is the ideas from all sides. and the objective is to provide our leaders and the public with an array of options to consider as we address these tough fiscal choices. out initial foray into solutions with women launched the first phase of the solutions initiative. would ask the organization to develop long-term fiscal plans, and all of them with a nation on a sustainable fiscal path. this time would ask them to revise and update plan but we also asked them specifically how should we avoid the cliff, in which he be the first priorities for congress and the president in 2013. onc
peterson foundation, michael peterson. [applause] >> while politics is often centerstage, policy and substance will form the basis of many fiscal agreement. we at the peterson foundation believe that the mortgages and the more solutions brought to the table, the better. out initial goal is to create a platform that fosters policy proposals from across the political spectrum. if we're going to put in place a plan that can work for the nation, we need is the ideas from all sides. and the...
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and like michael said, we look at our own candidates the same way. we don't win any popularity contests because of that. sometimes we see that our candidate is the worst of the two. it's very disconcerting when you, when the best thing you find this the campaign is that the guy threw a pipe bomb at a homecoming float when he was in high school, and he's your guy. that's happened to us. anyway, we roam around the country looking for these things to put out there. and the reason we decided to write the book, it was really two reasons. one was we have this vantage point that no one else has exactly, you know? these two guys roaming around the country in a rented hyundai looking for trouble. for political trouble. and, you know, we go everywhere. and we're in some l old courthouse in kansas one day, and then we're in washington the next. and so we felt like we had a lot of really good stories to tell really was why we decided -- why we started talking about writing a book just over -- you can imagine over 18 years wandering around the country just behind
and like michael said, we look at our own candidates the same way. we don't win any popularity contests because of that. sometimes we see that our candidate is the worst of the two. it's very disconcerting when you, when the best thing you find this the campaign is that the guy threw a pipe bomb at a homecoming float when he was in high school, and he's your guy. that's happened to us. anyway, we roam around the country looking for these things to put out there. and the reason we decided to...
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many thanks to ncta and it's always difficult following the eloquence of michael powell. what a great speaker and what a great leader he is to this organization. many thanks to the national urban league as well and lots to talk by regarding your study and i look forward to sinking my teeth into it and studying it very hard and learning as much as i can. and also time warner cable, thank you for all your support of this effort and other efforts as well. as many of you know last fall the ftc completed -- the fcc completed a monumental task by reforming the high cost portion of our universal service program and earlier this year in january we worked on a reform of our lifeline linkup program. but we repurpose the high cost program to support broadband while adhering to the budget for a the very first time. not only with our effort historic, but it was bipartisan and unanimous as well, and that is something you don't hear much about in washington d.c.. mr. chairman and my distinguished colleagues from north carolina deserve a lot of credit for that. [applause] now our reform
many thanks to ncta and it's always difficult following the eloquence of michael powell. what a great speaker and what a great leader he is to this organization. many thanks to the national urban league as well and lots to talk by regarding your study and i look forward to sinking my teeth into it and studying it very hard and learning as much as i can. and also time warner cable, thank you for all your support of this effort and other efforts as well. as many of you know last fall the ftc...
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but michael has been doing, michael successor passenger and has has been very good. they been doing amazing coverage. but the 501-c4 story is kind of unprecedented. i worked for a lot of nonprofits, the foundation. sybase are supposed to be nonprofit and they allow a little bit. they're really not intended to be used as political vehicles. that is not supposed to be their primary purpose. no agency has prepared. the irs is not prepared to deal with this thing that is in their nonprofit sounds, which is not really what they're supposed to be doing. that is the biggest thing happening. it is a direct violation of the campaign-finance law, but the tax law of 501-c4. >> it really is allocated. i had an interviewer. my personal goal is never to mention the phrase 501-c4 in my articles. that is why stephen colbert was so good. he managed to distill this in the four-minute and try to explain why you should care. >> we can all start using it. [inaudible] >> stephen colbert -- [inaudible] thank you for coming. come up and ask your fellow questions later on. [applause] >> peop
but michael has been doing, michael successor passenger and has has been very good. they been doing amazing coverage. but the 501-c4 story is kind of unprecedented. i worked for a lot of nonprofits, the foundation. sybase are supposed to be nonprofit and they allow a little bit. they're really not intended to be used as political vehicles. that is not supposed to be their primary purpose. no agency has prepared. the irs is not prepared to deal with this thing that is in their nonprofit sounds,...
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and we're going to introduce them first of all we have michael mief michael meyer, the lead scientist for the mars program in washington. pete tisinger, the msl project manager for jpl and we have roger weans, los alamos national laboratory in new mexico. matt heverly is next, here at jpl and roger weans then is the principle investigator at cem in los alamos in new mexico, last but not least, joy crisp, the deputy project scientist at jpl. we'll start off with a special announcement this morning from michael meyer. >> well, thank you. actually, before i make the announcement, which i think all of you will enjoy, i would like to show you a short video. this video was made on the eve of the arrival at mars of mariner 9. this was in november of 1971, and in the video you'll see a couple of people you might recognize like bruce murray and carl seguin and ray bradbury. so if we could look at that video. >> i was hoping that during the last few days, as we got closer to mars and the dust cleared, that we'd see a lot of martians standing there with huge signs saying "bradbury was right." or
and we're going to introduce them first of all we have michael mief michael meyer, the lead scientist for the mars program in washington. pete tisinger, the msl project manager for jpl and we have roger weans, los alamos national laboratory in new mexico. matt heverly is next, here at jpl and roger weans then is the principle investigator at cem in los alamos in new mexico, last but not least, joy crisp, the deputy project scientist at jpl. we'll start off with a special announcement this...
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. >> michael dean with fox news. in terms of the bureau, can you talk what they will be doing before that they didn't do, and what other parts of the government are doing? >> the establishment of the bureau in many ways is a confirmation or ratification of the things we have been doing increasingly in recent years, so the fundamental tasks remain the same, but what we have now is an infrastructure to continue doing them more effectively, and building on those successes in the future, so we now have a position where we can continue to innovate programs to violence extremism to enhance partner capacity around the world to do the bilateral diplomacy we do in other countries to assessment threats, underscore where there's gains to be made against particular terrorist groups and particular legions. we have a better platform for doing the work we undertake with the department of security that work jointly to stop terrorist travel to improve aviation security, to do all things we need to do to make for a safer united states
. >> michael dean with fox news. in terms of the bureau, can you talk what they will be doing before that they didn't do, and what other parts of the government are doing? >> the establishment of the bureau in many ways is a confirmation or ratification of the things we have been doing increasingly in recent years, so the fundamental tasks remain the same, but what we have now is an infrastructure to continue doing them more effectively, and building on those successes in the...
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we'll hear from the commission of a social security administration, michael astor. commissioner astrue, during your confirmation before this committee in 2007, you can do to reduce its ability rings backlog. today, we will evaluate the results. at the beginning of last year, more than 771,000 people were waiting for a hearing. this is higher than when you started your turn. i expect to hear why the backlog grew and what the agency is doing to address it. michael klosson who lives in my hometown in helena, montana, needs this backlog to be fixed. he has spent years trying to work through the red tape. mike is a 55 year old army veteran, and his service didn't and when he retired from the military. my colleges with the american wages come with the disabled american veterans, helping other veterans find transportations to hospitals across montana. but his health problems make it tough for him to volunteer to do other work. during his military training exercise years ago, a tank next to him accidentally fired. mike's act broke in the accident. ever since, have suffered
we'll hear from the commission of a social security administration, michael astor. commissioner astrue, during your confirmation before this committee in 2007, you can do to reduce its ability rings backlog. today, we will evaluate the results. at the beginning of last year, more than 771,000 people were waiting for a hearing. this is higher than when you started your turn. i expect to hear why the backlog grew and what the agency is doing to address it. michael klosson who lives in my hometown...
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because it is a central part of the narrative. >> let me take a stab, michael. it's a very hard question. i think the first thing to recognize is that there is only so much that economic research can deliver in answering a question like that. that the essence of studying the history of tax rates is relatively few changes and that we unlike the national scientists can't hold constant all the other things were going on in the world. when we keep tax rates moreover it's like the experiment in the lab and the different petrie dishes. the tax rates themselves have a response to receive circumstances and economy. the classics and was you to look at whether we need to invest in the tax credit available there was more or less investment because any time it is turned on precisely if it is low you discover the correlation doesn't quite do what he might otherwise think. that is the first problem so we don't have that much evidence to look at to be doing the comparisons in the top rate is a remarkably low power away. second, at the top end of the distribution now you are do
because it is a central part of the narrative. >> let me take a stab, michael. it's a very hard question. i think the first thing to recognize is that there is only so much that economic research can deliver in answering a question like that. that the essence of studying the history of tax rates is relatively few changes and that we unlike the national scientists can't hold constant all the other things were going on in the world. when we keep tax rates moreover it's like the experiment...
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thanks to pete peterson for getting this group together and for so much else and for michael and the peterson foundation have done in terms of bringing attention to the fiscal challenge we face and mobilizing support for the rational and moral mullen thank you for the tremendous leadership and for the citizens and the recent months you have led the statement that basically the biggest risk that we have to national security is our debt and unsustainable fiscal policy is one that i totally endorse and agree with and i commend you for making it because your impact is very powerful so that is my first point. my second point is that even if we avoid the short term debt crisis, the so-called cliff, and i hope that we will, the interest on debt in the years to come will increasingly dominate the budget and pressure defense in a very serious way. so, without addressing a long-term tenure solution as the admiral has outlined, the defense budget is going to be under increasing pressure. that is inevitable and of course the interest rates haven't even started going up which is also inevitable a
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. >> accepting the emmy, michael levine, editor. [applause] ♪ >> keep going! keep going! [gunshots] >> what are we doing? >> right now! [gunshots] [applause] >> thank you. i wasn't there for the shooting of that so i don't mind watching it. thank you sebastion. this is an opportunity for me to thank some of the teachers i've had, laura hayes, paul barnes. [applause] >> joel bernstein, this is just a couple of them. i want to thank, obviously, national geographic for being behind this film all the way. the men of second platoon, the bastian and, of course, tim heatherington, a man many great things have been said about him and none of them are exaggerations. and i don't know if grace has been in there, but a man of great beauty and grace and so this is for tim. thank you, guys, so much. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> while most of tonight's awards recognize outstanding news coverage, broadcasts for a national audience, the next two awards recognize some excellent work being done in regional news. the nominees for outstanding regional news stories are --
. >> accepting the emmy, michael levine, editor. [applause] ♪ >> keep going! keep going! [gunshots] >> what are we doing? >> right now! [gunshots] [applause] >> thank you. i wasn't there for the shooting of that so i don't mind watching it. thank you sebastion. this is an opportunity for me to thank some of the teachers i've had, laura hayes, paul barnes. [applause] >> joel bernstein, this is just a couple of them. i want to thank, obviously, national...
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i am hopeful that michael shea will be confirmed expeditiously. we should never minimize the importance of careful vetting and scrutiny when it comes to these nominees, but once that process is complete in the judiciary committee, blocking these nominees can only be bad for the american people as well as for the 160 million americans who live in districts and circuits with vacancies whose nominees are sitting on the senate calendar. they should not have their ability to access justice denied or delayed. we should reduce the burdens on our courts as quickly as possible so that our system of justice will continue to be and justifiably regarded as one of the great marvels in the history of democracy, of governance, in this world, on this planet. our nominees deserve prompt and fair consideration by the full senate, and i am hopeful that the united states senate will do better. thank you, and i yield the floor. mr. inhofe: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president, we are going to be considering today a
i am hopeful that michael shea will be confirmed expeditiously. we should never minimize the importance of careful vetting and scrutiny when it comes to these nominees, but once that process is complete in the judiciary committee, blocking these nominees can only be bad for the american people as well as for the 160 million americans who live in districts and circuits with vacancies whose nominees are sitting on the senate calendar. they should not have their ability to access justice denied or...
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and with that, i give you michael blume, our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> well, thanks, folks. and good afternoon. this panel, i suspect, will be very being and informative and let's just get right to it. we're going to talk about fraud directed at the elderly. it seems to me a natural question is, why do we have a special panel on fraud on the elderly. there is research that concerns particular vulnerabilities, that older folks may have that make them more susceptible than others to certain kinds of frauds and i'd like to start then with betsy about some of the research at the aarp may have done concerning those kinds of vulnerabilities. and if you could give us some of those factors that make older folks even more vulnerable than what you've talked about here today. >> listen, it's on. okay. i want to first put it in perspective, there are not a great many statistics about how many elderly are victimized, but we know that elderly financial abuse is dramatically underreported, maybe, 24 people are victimized for every one that's reported to a
and with that, i give you michael blume, our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> well, thanks, folks. and good afternoon. this panel, i suspect, will be very being and informative and let's just get right to it. we're going to talk about fraud directed at the elderly. it seems to me a natural question is, why do we have a special panel on fraud on the elderly. there is research that concerns particular vulnerabilities, that older folks may have that make them more susceptible than others...
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that is what michael said. but frankly, we can sit here all afternoon trading quotes. i think he is making a much bigger point, and this is an excellent report. what he's saying is actually over decades in our economy it became too centralized, regions and nations of our countries fell behind, manufacturing halved as a share of national income during the last government, and during the boom years, for instance, in the west midlands there were no net new private sector jobs. he's dealing with the big issues. what a pity that all he can do is stand up and try and read out a quote. >> ed milliband. >> mr. speaker, he says the report is on the right track, goodness knows what he would have said if it was on the wrong track. business has no confidence in him, and deregulation -- his chosen approach -- is not the answer. now, let me turn to a specific area of the report, recommendation 61 which i'm sure he's familiar with. [laughter] he says, and i quote: the government needs to set out a definitive and unambiguous energy policy. [laughter] this is, obviously, mr. speaker, a
that is what michael said. but frankly, we can sit here all afternoon trading quotes. i think he is making a much bigger point, and this is an excellent report. what he's saying is actually over decades in our economy it became too centralized, regions and nations of our countries fell behind, manufacturing halved as a share of national income during the last government, and during the boom years, for instance, in the west midlands there were no net new private sector jobs. he's dealing with...
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please welcome michael adams. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> thank you. it's great to be here, and looking out at a beautiful room of lgtb activists, and i'm looking at a beautiful person, a beautiful woman. her name is eddy y windsor. [applause] you may know her when she stepped out in the 1960s when she met her beloved partner. they lived an extraordinary life together for decades, and we know eddy in many ways, but one of the ways we know her now is at the ripe beautiful age of 8 # years -- 82 years old, she's fighting the federal government for the recognition of that beautiful relationship. please thank you eddy and every other lgbt in this room. [applause] for many years, sage, the task force, and our lgtb aging partners across the country pushed the federal government to take actions to address the particular challenges faced by lgtb older people. those pie pioneers paveed the wy for us to be in the room and do the activism that we do. it was central to our work because the federal government is the largest funder of community based aging services
please welcome michael adams. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> thank you. it's great to be here, and looking out at a beautiful room of lgtb activists, and i'm looking at a beautiful person, a beautiful woman. her name is eddy y windsor. [applause] you may know her when she stepped out in the 1960s when she met her beloved partner. they lived an extraordinary life together for decades, and we know eddy in many ways, but one of the ways we know her now is at the ripe beautiful age of 8 # years...
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what republicans have a majority inut the house, that that -- oe served in the house, with bob michael who is a republican leader and was the leader of tho time and thereafter while michael worked with bill to getg legislation done what they try to do is get to to enter the 18 and to my kids and republicans y so i did hope a speaker won't sr justfa try to get the surface transportation bill done with r. republicans but the democrats at to what should have been. passing the bipartisan bill thei president can sign a victory for both parties in the country.hats bill passed overwhelmingly by the house and supported by president obama and i had a conversation on the floor publicly here last night with tt senator kyl of arizona, and we talked about the need to get this done and in order to movehs forward on this expeditiously.ne there are bumps in the road and i hope they will be very few bumps inhe the road.der, but i i had an opportunity to talk toe my friend, the republican leader but i was told that the ranking member of the banking committee, my friend from alabama indicated he wants to
what republicans have a majority inut the house, that that -- oe served in the house, with bob michael who is a republican leader and was the leader of tho time and thereafter while michael worked with bill to getg legislation done what they try to do is get to to enter the 18 and to my kids and republicans y so i did hope a speaker won't sr justfa try to get the surface transportation bill done with r. republicans but the democrats at to what should have been. passing the bipartisan bill thei...
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er michael a. shipp of new jersey tock united states district judge for the district of new jersey. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk with respect to it. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on nomination of michael a. shipp of new jersey to be united states district judge senator the district of new jersey signed by 17 senators as follows: mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to a period of morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: and that senators be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each during the period of morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that s. 34
er michael a. shipp of new jersey tock united states district judge for the district of new jersey. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk with respect to it. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on nomination of michael a. shipp of new jersey to be united states district judge senator the district of new jersey signed by 17 senators as follows:...
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michael, welcome. [applause] >> and new jersey's new attorney general, jeffery keasay who's not introduced. his loss. we'll introduce him later. it's now my pleasure to introduce our host attorney general urban nathan from the district of columbia. [applause] >> good afternoon, thank you very much, attorney general mckenna. it's my pleasure to address my necessarily n.a.g. members for the second time as the host of the district of columbia. i'm sorry for the weather today, but i am assured that it's going to get warmer and sunnier in the next few days and that's not just because of the hot air of the introductions that i'm about to make. in my first year as attorney general we've been fortunate to have a very productive collaboration with many of you at n.a.g. we have appreciated the perspective and time given by n.a.g. and it's executive director and several attorneys general to inform our thinking on challenges and opportunities that we face now because our office is transitioning from an appointed a
michael, welcome. [applause] >> and new jersey's new attorney general, jeffery keasay who's not introduced. his loss. we'll introduce him later. it's now my pleasure to introduce our host attorney general urban nathan from the district of columbia. [applause] >> good afternoon, thank you very much, attorney general mckenna. it's my pleasure to address my necessarily n.a.g. members for the second time as the host of the district of columbia. i'm sorry for the weather today, but i am...
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to put this in further perspective michael dukakis won 42% of the suburbs. as we are talking about a collision that added as of the end of 2010 kind of had been put back where they started from to the point they are winning in suburbs about the same as michael dukakis but they don't have the strength michael dukakis had in greater appalachian. it's not a good place for the democrats to find themselves in 2010. among white catholics the american action vote share 47% in 2008 to 39% in 2010 with popularly the democratic russia and among the group in the 1920's white voters without college degrees and you can probably generalize this to be the class swung from authority% obama group in 2008 to 33% democratic vote in 2010. suburbanites and white working-class voters pulled away from the democratic coalition in 2010. i'm skipping in the interest of time but i do have to share one of my favorite quotes. southeastern oklahoma's was running for a seat in the state legislature in the county spent 170,000 on the bid for the oklahoma state house against a longtime incu
to put this in further perspective michael dukakis won 42% of the suburbs. as we are talking about a collision that added as of the end of 2010 kind of had been put back where they started from to the point they are winning in suburbs about the same as michael dukakis but they don't have the strength michael dukakis had in greater appalachian. it's not a good place for the democrats to find themselves in 2010. among white catholics the american action vote share 47% in 2008 to 39% in 2010 with...
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michael was helpful in the transition as well. a series including this series of e-mails that i remember receiving. >> mr. roseman indicated concern of $2 billion of sovereign debt. >> as a general matter during that brief discussion that we had for and our the best of my recollection, certainly indicated an item of interest as it relates to the company. i don't recall any specific discussions. >> back to the october 13th break the glass and area in response to the chairman's question that you were not directly involved in this plan. is that correct? >> correct. >> you are the chief risk officer responsible for how many employees in the organization? >> on my team? approximately 60. >> 60? your office is in the same building? liquidity was a key concern, correct? >> the first time i had an opportunity to look at it carefully was a day ago when it was provided to me. >> the committee -- our committee obtained internal notes from s&p october 28th management meeting of mf global and the notes contain the discussion that mf global's,
michael was helpful in the transition as well. a series including this series of e-mails that i remember receiving. >> mr. roseman indicated concern of $2 billion of sovereign debt. >> as a general matter during that brief discussion that we had for and our the best of my recollection, certainly indicated an item of interest as it relates to the company. i don't recall any specific discussions. >> back to the october 13th break the glass and area in response to the chairman's...